On this day in 2015, Carrie Underwood’s “Something In The Water” was strolling through a four-week stay on top of Billboard’s Hot Country Songs Chart. Ther performance of the song would win a Grammy a month later.
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Lee Brice Discusses Influences When Cutting A Record
Lee Brice tells radio.com, “When I’m making a record, I pull from Alan Jackson and Vince Gill and Garth Brooks and Alabama and Randy Travis and Kenny Rogers. And then I say, ‘Do my songs stand up to their songs?'”
Pedestrian Struck And Killed Along Indian Way
Basketball Scores 1/18/16
In boys’ basketball scores from Monday night:
Albia 80, Pleasantville 71
Fairfield 73, Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont 61
Moravia 55, Moulton-Udell 28
In girls’ basketball scores from Monday night:
Fairfield 65, Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont 41
Moravia 70, Moulton-Udell 23
Be sure to tune in to 99.5 FM and AM 740 KMZN tonight as the Oskaloosa Indians take on Knoxville at home. These two schools have been very competitive in basketball the last few years, and tonight’s action is sure to be exciting. You can hear the broadcast starting at 6 PM on 99.5 FM and AM 740 KMZN, the KMZN mobile app, and radiokmzn.com.
GOP Candidate Marco Rubio Stops in Ottumwa
Republican Presidential Nominee Marco Rubio held a standing room only town hall event at the Bridge View Center in Ottumwa on Monday.
Rubio began the visit describing America’s identity.
“This is the greatest nation in the history of the world…We were founded on this powerful principle that our rights don’t come from government, they come from our Creator,” said Rubio. “Based on that principle is why we have embraced free enterprise and individual liberty, and it made this the greatest nation in the history of all mankind.”
According to Rubio, this election is extremely important, and it will take someone who understands the problems that the average American is faced with to restore the American Dream.
“This is a time for urgency. If we get this election wrong, there may be no turning around for America,” according to Rubio. “We can’t afford to get it wrong, and we won’t. But that means we have to elect someone who understands the frustrations you have. And I do, because I’ve lived some of them. When I talk about student loans, it’s not because I read a book about student loans. It’s because I had a student loan.”
During his speech, Rubio began to list the immediate changes he would make should he be elected President.
“When I get to the Oval Office, we are going to immediately repeal every single one of Barack Obama’s unconstitutional executive orders,” said Rubio. “All these overreaches by the EPA, my first day in office, they’re gone. Any effort to force Common Core down our throats, are gone, and we’re going to put school districts back in charge of the curriculum. And this crazy deal with Iran…on my first day in office, that deal is cancelled.”
Rubio continued to outline the plans that he would implement as the Commander In Chief. He was even more decisive about the funding and use of the United States Military.
“When I’m President of the United States we are not reducing our military,” explained Rubio. “We are rebuilding our military. Because the world is safer and a better place when America has the strongest military in the world.”
Rubio would take questions for roughly a half hour before meeting the people, and departing for a campaign stops in Coralville and Bettendorf.
Rubio is currently in the top four of nearly every major poll in the Republican race. The campaign leads up to the Iowa Caucuses on February 1st.
January 18th: On This Day
On this day in 2012, Eric Church’s “Drink In My Hand” was the number one song in the country. The song is from his Platinum album Chief.
Thomas Rhett Teaming With Snap Fitness
High School Wrestling Results 1-16-16
Oskaloosa took just 5 wrestlers to compete in the Bob Sharp Wrestling Invitational Saturday at Ankeny Centennial High School and came away with a 10th place team finish. The Indians did place two wrestlers in the finals. Drew Sams went 2-1 winning by fall and technical fall before losing a 4-1 decision to Jace Williams of Ankeny Centennial in the finals to take home 2nd place at 138. Sams is now 22-5 this season. Callan Tomlin had a great day going 3-0 to claim the 220 pound championship. Tomlin, the 6th ranked wrestler at 220 in Class 3A advanced to the finals with 5-3 and 6-4 decision wins then beat 4th ranked Christian Heimer of Ankeny Centennial 3-1 in overtime to earn the championship and up his season record to an impressive 25-2. Ankeny Centennial, Norwalk and Mason City finished 1-2-3 in the team standings. In the JV tournament Jackson Kargol was champion at 120 and Tyson Breuklander finished runner up at 220. Oskaloosa returns to the mats Thursday when they travel to Knoxville. You can hear that dual live on 99.5 FM /740AM KMZN as well as radiokmzn.com starting around 6:15pm Thursday night.
Albia competed in the 13 team Ed Hadenfeldt Wrestling Invitational and came away with a 4th place finish Saturday behind Lisbon, Washington and Solon and crowned two individual champions. Freshman 106 pounder Aden Reeves went 3-0 with a fall and two technical falls to claim another championship. Reeves the Class 2A top ranked wrestler is now 26-0 on the season. Another top ranked Blue Demon wrestler, Carter Isley at Heavyweight claimed the championship cruising through his bracket including just a :10 fall in the finals. Isley, who won the 2A 220 pound State Championship last year improved to 24-0. Bryce Leshen #1 ranked in Class 2A at 145 also advanced to the finals with a fall and decision win but fell 14-6 to the Class 1A top ranked wrestler and 3 time defending State Champion Carter Happel from Lisbon. 152 pounder Blake Lawless lost in overtime in the semifinals but came back with two major decision wins to claim third place. Ben Mason also finished 3rd at 182, Luke Sinclair claimed 4th place at 170, while Jer McAninch finished 5th at 195 and Jake West was 6th at 220.
Mid Prairie won the WACO Warrior Invitational helped by 4 individual champions Duncan McCain, Cameron Tolander, Visouth Peterschmidt and Levi Duwa. Davis County was 4th, Tri County/Montezuma 5th and North Mahaska 6th, Pekin finished 8th while English Valleys was 9th and Moravia 10th. At 106 pounds, Allan Parlier of Moravia was 3rd, North Mahaska’s Tyler Strasser finished 2nd at 120 while Pekin’s Clayton McKim was 4th and Davan Gorring of Davis County finished 6th. Nicholas Martin of Moravia was champion at 126, Clayton Greiner of Pekin finished 3rd, Jarrett Stodghill of North Mahaska was 4th and Travis Lewis of Tri County/Montezuma was 5th. At 132 pounds, Kale Latcham of Tri County/Montezuma finished 2nd, Draven Dekraai of Davis County 3rd and Lathe Crochet of Pekin claimed 5th. Walker Henderson of Davis County was runner up at 138, Mason Garber of TC/M was 3rd, Shaun Clark of North Mahaska 4th, and Drake Harbison of Pekin finished 5th. Davis County’s Kale Baird won the championship at 145 beating Dylan Comstock of North Mahaska in the finals. Zach Axmear from English Valleys took the title at 152, Keaton Baayen of Pekin finished 3rd, Jacob Martin of Moravia 4th and Taylor Staton of TC/M was 6th. At 160. Kaden Baker of Pekin finished 3rd while Luke Groves of North Mahaska was 4th. Dylan Henderson of Davis County finished 2nd at 170, Clay Harper of TC/M was 4th, and Reece Strasser of North Mahaska 5th. At 195, Dustin Stoner of TC/M finished 3rd, and Colton Lanphier for North Mahaska was 5th. Hunter Foubert of TC/M finished 6th at 220 and at Heavyweight, Ben Kincart of Davis County finished runner up, and Tyler Thompson of TC/M took home 4th.
At the Wayne Duals, Eddyville Blakesburg Fremont went 3-1 defeating Bedford-Lenox 46-24, Lafayette, MO 66-6, Wayne 59-18 but lost to Lynnville Sully 42-25. Lynnville Sully also beat Lafayette 57-12, Wayne 49-19 and suffered their only loss to SE Warren 46-30. Twin Cedars also competed going 1-3 with a win over Lafayette 25-24 but falling to Bedford/Lenox 60-9, SE Warren 66-6, and Van Buren 51-12.
Ottumwa finished 2nd behind Creston Orient Macksburg at the Centerville Invite and crowned three champions. Knoxville finished 6th, Pella 9th, Fairfield 11th and Centerville 14th. For Ottumwa, Alec Clark at 120, Jonathan Morales at 126, and Isaiah Cox at 182 were all individual champions. Wyatt Schlotter came up just short losing 5-3 in the finals to claim 2nd at 152. Nathaniel Shoemaker was also 2nd at 106, Collin McConnell was 4th at 138, and Justus Skinner 4th at 145. For Knoxville Joe Hollinrake of Knoxville was champion at 132, Travis Poffenbarger at 220 and Brock Caviness at heavyweight were both runners up while Keegan Poole of Pella won the heavyweight crown beating Caviness 3-2.
PCM crowned several champions at the ADM Invitational. Lucas Roland won the 138 pound title, Xavier Miller at 145, and Wes Cummings at 152 were also Champions for the Mustangs while Jarron Trausch finished 2nd at 170 and Jakob Fenton was 4th at 106.
Story provided by Jamie Brockman
Rebounding Key In 81-68 Win Over Benedictine
Atchison, Kan.–The William Penn men’s basketball team did a lot of things well in its 81-68 Heart of America Athletic Conference win over Benedictine, but everything paled in comparison to its utter dominance on the glass Saturday.
The sixth-ranked Statesmen (16-2, 9-1 Heart) were incredible rebounders with a 48-22 advantage, including a 19-6 mark on the offensive end. The Ravens (11-5, 5-5 Heart) were able to keep it close by committing five fewer turnovers (12-17), but the rest of the afternoon was in WPU’s collective control.
The navy and gold scored first, but BC replied with six of the next eight points. The visitors took the lead for good at 8-6 on a basket by Steven Roundtree (Sr., Jacksonville, Fla., Physical Education) with 15:15 to go in the first half. Roundtree’s score was part of his 16-point effort and part of a 16-5 run.
Benedictine pulled to within eight twice in the opening stanza, but WPU eventually led 39-27 at halftime. William Penn had little issue keeping the Ravens at bay after intermission as the edge grew to as much as 17 at one point.
Despite being without starting point guard Jessie Pernell (Sr., North Augusta, S.C., Physical Education) (did not make the trip, coaches’ decision), scorers were abundant for the Statesmen as five players surpassed the double-digit plateau; the victors outshot BC 43.3{99cd714f394079a7f0ed2eb1518dd31342ff3ceb5b6c267c3ad8acd5b5a7d66b}-42.1{99cd714f394079a7f0ed2eb1518dd31342ff3ceb5b6c267c3ad8acd5b5a7d66b}. Jarvis Haywood(Jr., Charlotte, N.C., Business Management) was nearly perfect from the field, going 6-for-8 (3-for-3 3-PT) to match Roundtree’s 16 points.
Antonio Levy (Jr., Chicago, Ill., Physical Education), who also had three trifectas, finished with 14, while Dondre Alexander (Jr., Iowa City, Iowa, Physical Education) and Brady Burford (Sr., Chicago, Ill., Physical Education) added 12 each.
Charles Knowles (Jr., Chicago, Ill., Physical Education) contributed six points to the victory.
Roundtree also corralled 14 rebounds for his eighth double-double of the season. Alexander assisted four times, while he and Buford both had two blocks. Three players recorded a pair of thefts each.
The Statesmen were also buoyed by their performances at the line (19-for-23) and the perimeter (10-for-24).
“We rebounded really well and played some serious defense today,” Head Coach John Henry said. “I give credit to our players and to Assistant Coach Blake Sandquist; his defensive game plan and scouting report was spot on.”
Next Up: William Penn returns to Oskaloosa Wednesday to host Graceland in Heart play at 7:30 p.m.
Story provided by Wade Steinlage
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